While we are at it, the is what Gift Mbewe has to say;
MY QUICK RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ZAFFICO CANNOT MEET DEMAND FOR TREES NEEDED BY ZESCO.
LAST TIME I WENT WITH MY FAMILY FOR VACATION AT NKHATA BAY IN MUZUZU I WAS AMAZED AT THE VAST LAND MALAWI HAS INVESTED IN FOR TREE PLANTATION, THE WHOLE TOWN OF MUZUZU IS A FOREST AND VERY BEAUTIFUL, BY FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL THAT ITS CAPITAL CITY LILONGWE.
I DROVE FOR OVER 3 HOURS AT OVER 130KM/H AND I WAS STILL IN THE FOREST WHILE OVERTAKING AND COMING ACROSS A LOT OF TRUCKS CARRYING SIMILAR LOGS THAT ZESCO USES.
WE DO NOT HAVE EVEN A QUARTER OF WHAT I SAW IN MUZUZU. MUZUZU SITS IN THE KIND OF TERRAIN WHICH WE CALL MANENEKELA HERE IN ZAMBIA ON THE WAY TO EASTERN PROVINCE, MUCHINGA ESCAPEMENT EXTENDS TO MUZUZU, HERE IN ZAMBIA WE FEAR MANENEKELA, WE FEAR THOSE MOUNTAINS, IN MALALWI THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE PLANTED THEIR MILLIONS OF HECTORS OF TREES WHICH THEY SELL, MEANWHILE ISE THERE IS NOTHING WE ARE DOING TO MAKE USE OF THAT LAND WE CALL MANEKELA, NO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY MU MANENEKELA MUJA
WE CANNOT BLAME THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT FOR IMPORTING POLES, WE CANNOT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT FOR NOT INVESTING IN TREES, WE HAD ZAFFICO, AND INSTEAD OF EXPANDING IT WE STARTED KILLING IT BY GRABBING THEIR LAND.
MY RESEARCH HAS ALSO SHOWN THAT EVEN THE PREVIOUS GOVNEMTN IMPORTED POLES, THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GOVERMENT LACKS FORESIGHT, ITS NOW UPTO THIS GOVERNENT TO INVEST IN ZAFFICO, THERE IS A LOT OF LAND IN ZAMBIA, MANENEKELA CAN BE MADE USE OF.
IF MALAWI CAN DO WE CAN ALSO DO IT, MAYBE EVEN BETTER